Elements Fight St. Louis in Atlantic Storms
The steamer St Louis fought a punishing Atlantic crossing from Southampton to New York in 8 days 11 hours 49 minutes. Aboard, a Norwegian sailor J Walur perished after being swept overboard during ballast tasks amid towering waves and a lifeboat wreck hung from the davits.
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St. Louls
Southampton
Niord
Atlantic Ocean
Loki
St. Louis
Ryndam
Rotterdam
la Champagne
English Channel
Fire Island Light
Captain Passow
J. Walur
Nantucket
Countess Dller
C. E. Lorraine
W.G. Russell
Tiny church blocks saloon plan near Flatbush Avenue
A Brooklyn scheme to block a saloon near Lenox Road by erecting a two day tiny church backfired. The license was granted showing the building had been fitted as a saloon prior to church construction, allowing sale of wines and liquors next to the Lenox Road Methodist Episcopal Church.
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Flatbushave
Lenox Road
Brooklyn
Mcense
Lenox Road Methodist Episcopal Church
Excise Department
Will Contest Roos Will in Yorkville Court
Deputy sheriff Michzel Timpans was arraigned and held on bail after refusing entry to Mrs. Roos at the scene where her husband lay dead. Estate counsel expects probate of Roos’s will. assets listed at about 10 000 personal and 5 real, with widow to receive local share and rest to relatives in Switzerland. Roos relatives and Miss Long deny larger bequests as heirs challenge alleged missing valuables.
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Michzel Timpans
Brooklyn
Roos
Switzerland
Miss Long
Ogdens Board Attack Stirs Civil Service Reform Debate
The Civil Service Reform Association sent an open letter to Mayor Low criticising the Municipal Civil Service Commission for high costs and alleged improper reratings. It cites per person examination costs rising from 74 to 676 and claims many reratings were frivolous. Colonel Ogden declined comment, noting the Mayor must respond.
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Civil Service Reform Association
Low Br
Municipal Civil Service Commission
Reform Association
New York
Brooklyn
New York City
Federal Civil Service
Civil Service of
Commission
Civil Service Commission
Civil Service Administration
Ogden
Association
Change in Palma's Cabinet in Havana
Havana reports a cabinet reshuffle with Yero named Secretary of Government and Leopoldo Cancio appointed Secretary of Instruction. November customs receipts at Havana totaled 1,004,833 dollars, islandwide receipts 1,156,871, cash on hand 1,742,258. Cigar makers resume work and a detachment from Fort Cabanas returns to barracks. Authorities investigate Barcelona anarchists linked to the strike for possible deportation.
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Havana
Yero
Diego Tamayo
Leopoldo Cancio
General Wood
Sefior Yero
Sefior Cancio
Fort Cabanas
Barcelona
Spain
Sanitation in Havana Deteriorates Under Relaxed American System
State Department reports unsatisfactory Havana sanitation as General Wood’s 1899 1900 findings contrast with a gradual relaxation of the American sanitation system. Inspectors are said to be more lenient amid numerous sanitary law violations reported from the Cuban capital.
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Washington
State Department
Havana
General Wood
Russia and Austria Plan Joint Push to Settle Macedonian Question
London dispatch reports that Russia and Austria have agreed to a joint effort to end the Macedonian question. They will implement reforms under combined control to resolve the long stand off.
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Russia
Austria
London
Daily Telegraph
Vienna
Many After Dady Place Subcommittee Considers Elections Candidates
A Kings County Republican sub-committee meets at 2 p m to pick successors to Michael J Dady as Commissioner of Elections. Prominent names include John Dreischer Jr William Schnitzpan George F Elliott Senator R C Fuller and Col A L Kline. Sub-committee reports to Executive at 4 p m and General at 8 p m Michael J Cady attends the General Committee as a delegate replacing Dr Butchinson who resigned.
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Kings County
Republican Executive Committee
Michael J. Dady
John Dreischer, Jr
William Schnitzpan
George F. Elliott
R. C. Fuller
A. L. Kline
Michael J. Cady
Butchinson
Raid on Newark Distillery Nets Officers Five Hundred Gallons
Revenue officers raided the Russian-American Brandy Company at 215 West Kinney Street Newark and seized about five hundred gallons of brandy and mash. They arrested Samuel Schwartz alleged manager and Samuel F. Roff and David Riber found on the premises. Information claimed the company was distilling significantly more than government returns.
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West Kinney St
Newark
Samuel Schwartz
Samuel F. Roff
David Ribner
Rehearsals Begin For Gretna Green At Madison Cove Theatre
Miss Elizabeth Tyree opens rehearsals for Gretna Green a romantic comedy by Grace Livingston Furniss at the Madison Covee Theatre with cast including Scott Craven Frances Danke Robert Hickman and Eve Vincent Mrs Robert Osborn signs for The Valcourt Scandal a modern society play set around New York City to be staged next season at the Osborn Play House. Der Kuss heads to Irving Place Theatre tonight and Mme Louise Horner to Maddalena in Rigoletto with several previous delays due to illness.
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Elizabeth Tyree
Gretna Green
Grace Livingston Furniss
Miss Tyree
Madison Covee
Eys Tyree
Scott Craven
Frances
Danke Robert Hickman
Eve Vincent
Robert Osborn
Charles Frederic Nirdlinger
Valcourt
New York City
Hill and Murphy clash within Tammany at elite reception
The Democratic Club hosts a Thursday night reception for Charles F. Murphy as new Tammany leader. Amid distrust with Hill, Kings County power plays and McLaughlin aim to push Coler for mayor, risking a rift with Tammany next year. Croker not returning. Murphy expected to lead municipal campaign. Tammany Society also initiates Frank Croker, son of Richard, and other leaders.
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Democratic Club
Charles F
Murphy
Tammany Hall
Lewis F. Nixon
Tammany
Hill
Hugh McLaughlin
Kings County
McLaughlin
Bird S. Coler
Charles F. Murphy
Bronx
Odell
John Fox
Republican Club
Richard Croker
Fox
Mr. Croker
Croker
Tammany Hall Society
Tammany Organization
James J. Frawley
Thomas F. Foley
Louis J. Haffen
Tammany District
Frank Croker
Tammany Society
Chief Croker at His Desk in New York Fire HQ
At 9 o clock yesterday Chief Croker began his routine duties at Fire Headquarters. His lawyer said no change in the case, predicting a two month wait for appellate court action while Croker remains in command. Deputies and officials moved between offices as talks on vacating the stay continued, with several attorneys present.
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Croker
Fire Headquarters
New-York
Sturgis
Appellate Division
Supreme Court
New York
Fitzgerald
Purroy
Fire
Corporation Counsel
Rives
Farley and
Whitman
Corporation Counsel's Office
Farley
Prof Alfred G. Compton Acts as City College Acting President
Professor Alfred G. Compton, 53, assumed the acting presidency as General Alexander S. Webb’s resignation took effect ending a 33 year tenure. Webb’s era saw growth in enrollment from 763 to 2,400, library volumes from 15,000 to 87,000, and course expansion, with Compton long associated with the college since earning his 1853 AB. He organized the manual training school, funded a postgraduate engineering course, and authored several instructional manuals.
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City College
Alfred G. Compton
Alexander S. Webb
Webb
Horace Webster
West Point
Compton
Hebrew Technical Institute
Statehood fight begins in Senate hearings and meetings
Washington December 1 The Omnibus Statehood bill sparks early party clashes as Republicans led by Quay and Elkins press for a favorable report. A conference in Senator Hale's room discusses admitting Oklahoma alone or with New Mexico and Arizona, with Beveridge outlining a cautious majority stance against New Mexico and Arizona. A party caucus may be held to rally votes.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Hale
Allison
Aldrich
Platt
Connecticut
Cullom
Lodge
Hanna
Beveridge
Territories
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Arizona
Committee On Territories
Indian Territory
Quay and
Elkins
Budget sent to Congress reports 194 fiscal year appropriations
Washington dispatch details the Treasury secretary presenting Congress with executive-estimated appropriations for the year ending June 30, 1946. Total requested is 589,199,112, down from 613, as compared to prior year. Recapitulation lists Legislative, Labor, Executive, State, Justice, Treasury, War, Navy, Interior, Post Office, and Agriculture departments with respective funds.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Congress
Renner Eeeeeehkarsmee
Department of Labor
State Department
Department of Justice
Treasury Department
War Department
Navy Department
Interior Department
Postoffice Department
Department of Agriculture
Traction Stocks Active In A Dull Manhattan Market
Manhattan markets closed lower while Metropolitan and Brooklyn Rapid Transit led gains. Rumors of a regional traction combination persisted. analysts doubted near term realization. Reports of 7 percent annual yield and quarterly 1.45 percent payments circulated with unconfirmed talk of a third rail plan and crossovers routed through Interborough developments.
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Metropolitan
Brooklyn
Manhattan
Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Wall Street
Metropolitan Securities
Hudson River
Harlem
New York Central
Central
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
St. andOne
Street encounter ends with vagrant arrest for a mother
Mrs Lillian Seaman thirty a week behind on rent with two small children was found wandering in Manhattan after being turned out of 361 West Thirty second. She was arrested on a vagrancy charge while her husband, out of work, had little money. Police and the Children’s Society aided the family and the Matron cared for Seaman.
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Lillian Seaman
Lillian
Margaret
Seventh-ave
West Thirty-second St
Molloy
Seaman
Children’s Society
Mills Hotel
Refuted rumors of Guatemalan disaster and death
Advices from Guatemala deny reports of Barillas death and mass casualties. Only a few Indians near the volcano were killed, trade and railways remain active, and Guatemala is described as prosperous with abundant provisions and strong labor demand.
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Guatemala
Barilas
Barillas
Missionary Revival Opens Four Meetings At Carnegie Hall
A prominent Episcopal Church gathering last night at Carnegie Hall opened a four session Advent missionary revival. Bishop Potter presided stressing a stronger church role in missions while Bishop Brewer urged peace through arbitration and support for Cuba and Porto Rico. Dr. Huntington contrasted modern city life with a universal gospel, and Bishop Tuttle praised lay charity in Wall Street and society. Noon at Trinity Church featured the Lord Bishop of Thetford urging daily labor and duty as the keynote of faith.
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Episcopal Church
Carnegie Hall
Bishop Potter
Bishop Brewer
Montana
Hague
Roosevelt
Cuba
Porto Rico
W. R. Huntington
Grace Church
Wall Street
Trinity Church
Thetford
England
Wilson and Patton Differ On Truth And Faith
Woodrow Wilson and former Princeton president Francis L. Patton debated truth, religious tolerance, and dogma at Princeton night. Wilson argued Princeton remains safe in non sectarian spirit guided by Christ, while Patton defended evangelical Christ divinity and praised limited changes to the Presbyterian Confession.
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Woodrow Wilson
Princeton University
Princeton
Presbyterian Union of New York
Savoy
Francis L. Patton
Princeton Theological Seminary
Patton
Wilson
New Jersey
God
Baron Von Oppenheim Departs After Seven Months in U S A
Baron Max von Oppenheim, German counsellor and explorer, leaves for home aboard Kaiser Wilhelm II after praising American growth and ingenuity. He calls the Western rail era a marvel, notes vastness and strength of the nation, and says the apex of development may still be ahead. He reveals long study of the country and satisfaction with its enterprises.
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Baron Max von Oppenheim
Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse
Europe
Africa
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Hoffman House
Chief Croker
Delany
Compton City College
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Athens
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St. Clair McKelway
Brooklyn Eagle
Henry van Dyke
Baron von Oppenheim
America
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Madison Square West
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26Th Streets
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the Times
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Thomas E. Kirby
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